Discussions
Ads on Google Glass Will Never Work
An ad delivered straight to the eyeball feels like a violation.
Big Data from Cheap Phones
Collecting and analyzing information from simple cell phones can provide surprising insights into how people move about and behave—and even help us understand the spread of diseases.
African Bus Routes Redrawn Using Cell-Phone Data
The largest-ever release of mobile-phone data yields a model for fixing bus routes.
Will Vertical Turbines Make More of the Wind?
A Caltech researcher thinks arrays of tiny wind turbines could produce cheaper power than big ones.
Participants in Personal Genome Project Identified by Privacy Experts
Privacy experts have identified participants in the Personal Genome Project using “de-identified” data.
Self-Cleaning Solar Panels
A technology intended for Mars missions may find use on solar installations in the deserts on Earth.
The Most Important Education Technology in 200 Years
Students anywhere are being offered free instruction online. What will that do to the trillion-dollar education business?
Google Glass and the Rise of POV
Will Google Glass revive a controversial cinematographic technique?
A Cheaper Way to Make Hydrogen from Water
University of Calgary researchers create new method for making water-splitting catalysts using abundant metals.
Google Trends Could Predict Stock Market Moves, Study Shows
A paper found that trading based on search query volumes for the term “debt” could yield large returns.